Ambulation status of adults with myelomeningocoele.
The current ambulation status of 87 adults with myelomeningocoele who had been ambulant with calipers as children was reviewed--23 patients were community ambulators, while 58 had become wheelchair-bound. The majority of patients in the study group found calipers uncomfortable to wear, and almost half of the group developed pressure sores directly related to their calipers.
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National Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
McNamara
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001915:Braces; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016138:Walking